The Windautal is a southern side valley of the Tyrolean Brixental in the Kitzbühel Alps in Austria with a length of about 16 km.
7-763: The valley is lies almost entirely within the territory of the parish of Westendorf ; only its northernmost part lies in Hopfgarten . To the south the valley borders on the state of Salzburg . To the north - near Hopfgarten (623 m) - the Windautal and Brixental valleys merge. The stream of the Windauer Ache flows through the Windau and discharges into the Brixentaler Ache . In the 16th and 17th centuries, copper , galena and pyrites were mined in
14-439: Is used to gain height in the valley and is very scenic, is a popular photographic theme with railway photographers. The landscape of the valley is characterised by wooded mountains and numerous alpine meadows ( Almen ). Above the tree line the open slopes are used as grazing pasture for sheep, goats, cows and horses. The Windau is surrounded by a large number of peaks, most of them over 2,000 metres high. Important mountains are
21-713: The Steinbergstein (2,215 m), the Kröndlhorn (2,444 m) and the Brechhorn (2,032 m). 47°22′09″N 12°13′17″E / 47.369267°N 12.22143°E / 47.369267; 12.22143 Westendorf (Tirol) Westendorf is a municipality and a village in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 13.7 km west of Kitzbühel and 12 km southeast of Wörgl in
28-546: The Brixental valley. The community is a popular ski resort as well as a popular location for Summer tourism especially for excursions and walking-tours. Westendorf was mentioned for the first time in documents in 1234. It has 21 village parts. Westendorf lies on a sunny terrace of the Brixental valley at the foot of the Choralpe. The parish consists of a clustered village ( Haufendorf ) and other hamlets and farmsteads in
35-581: The surrounding area, as well as an industrial estate. To the south the Windautal , a popular recreation area, branches off. A large part of the woods was cleared for agricultural purposes. Rivers: The Brixentaler Ache and the Windauer Ache flows through the parish. Mountains: Important mountains are the Hohe Salve (1,828m), the Steinbergstein (2,215m), the Kröndlhorn (2,444m) and
42-407: The valley is only accessible by car over a toll road (partly unmetalled) and is very sparsely settled. The Salzburg-Tyrol Railway runs along the slopes and through several tunnels of the lower (northern) Windautal, where, in the middle of a curve, a bridge spans the valley. On the northeastern perimeter of the valley is the halt of "Windau". This so-called Windauer Schleife ("Windau Curve"), which
49-553: The valley. The Windautal is a popular recreation area and a particularly good for ski tours, hiking, mountain biking and cycling. The route through the valley along the lower reaches of the Windauer Ache is part of the " Kaiser Circuit ( Kaiser-Runde ), a long distance circular cycleway that starts and ends in Kufstein . The Windauer Ache is also popular with whitewater canoeists (grade WW II to WW V). The southern part of
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